India To Resume Patrolling In Ladakh After Big Breakthrough With China

India To Resume Patrolling In Ladakh After Big Breakthrough With China

India and China have arrived on a patrolling arrangement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Himalayas, and it can lead to disengagement and resolution of tension that began with skirmishes in May 2020, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said today.

The breakthrough came ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia to attend the BRICS summit tomorrow.

It is understood that the agreement pertains to patrolling in Depsang and Demchok areas, news agency reported.

Mr Misri, the top diplomat in the External Affairs Ministry (MEA), said diplomatic and military negotiators of the two countries had held several rounds of talks over the past few weeks. These talks have resulted in an agreement on “patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China border areas leading to disengagement and a resolution of the issues that had risen in these areas in 2020”, he said.